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The phono-semantic compound 他 combines the "person" radical (亻) on the left, signaling a human referent, with the component 也 (yě) on the right providing the phonetic element. Historically, it served as a general third-person pronoun for any individual and also meant "other" or "another" in certain classical compounds. In modern standard usage, it specifically denotes the masculine third-person singular pronoun "he" or "him", though it can function gender-neutrally when the subject's gender is unknown or, in its plural form, when referring to a mixed-gender group.
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他喜欢苹果。
他经常跑步。
他今天去学校。
他应该学习。
他和我都是老师。
他说他想回家。
他高兴地接受了礼物。
他虽然很忙，但还是抽时间帮助别人。